January 29, 2007 - Suicide bomber kills three people in a bakery in Eilat at the northern tip of the Red Sea. Three groups - Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the previously unknown "Army of Believers" - each claim responsibility.

February 4, 2008 - Suicide bomber kills a woman in the town of Dimona. A second bomber is shot dead by Israeli police. Hamas's armed wing claims responsibility.

March 6 - Palestinian gunman kills eight Jewish students and wounds nine at the Mercaz Harav religious seminary in Jerusalem before being shot dead by one of the students.

April 9 - Two Israelis are killed at a fuel depot along the Gaza border. A number of militant groups, including al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, said they carried out the attack.

August 31, 2010 - Four Israelis are shot dead near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. Hamas claims responsibility.

March 11, 2011 - Five family members are stabbed to death as they sleep in the Jewish settlement of Itamar in the occupied West Bank. Israel says two Palestinians carried out the attack.

March 23 - A bomb planted near a bus stop in Jerusalem killed a British visitor and wounded at least 30 people.

August 18 - Eight people are killed when gunmen attack vehicles in southern Israel near the border with Egypt, north of Eilat.

November 21, 2012 - A bomb explodes on a bus in central Tel Aviv wounding at least 10 people.

(Reporting by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday there were "many details to work out" before a ceasefire could be reached to end the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

"I am particularly concerned about the spiral of violence at the time of intense efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel," Ban said.

Speaking after a meeting with Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, whose country is trying to forge a truce, he said: "We all know there are many details to work out. But while that happens civilians continue to die."

The United States condemns today’s terrorist attack on a bus in Tel Aviv. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those injured, and with the people of Israel. These attacks against innocent Israeli civilians are outrageous. The United States will stand with our Israeli allies, and provide whatever assistance is necessary to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of this attack. The United States reaffirms our unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security and our deep friendship and solidarity with the Israeli people.

- Statement issued by the White House Press Secretary on a blast aboard a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel

Israel has agreed to a truce in the Gaza Strip, but will not lift its blockade of the Palestinian territory, Israeli sources said, declining to give further details of any deal.

Shortly before, a Palestinian official with knowledge of Egyptian mediation between the two sides told Reuters that there was a ceasefire agreement to end eight days of fighting in Gaza that has killed more than 140 Palestinians and five Israelis.

Israel's Channel Two television said a ceasefire would be announced in Cairo later in the evening by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The President commended the Prime Minister for agreeing to the Egyptian ceasefire proposal – which the President recommended the Prime Minster do – while reiterating that Israel maintains the right to defend itself.

The President said that the United States would use the opportunity offered by a ceasefire to intensify efforts to help Israel address its security needs, especially the issue of the smuggling of weapons and explosives into Gaza.

- Excerpt from a readeout of President Obama's call to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, as distributed by the White House

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi meet at the presidential palace in Cairo November 21, 2012. Clinton met Mursi on Wednesday in Cairo to discuss a possible truce in Gaza, Egypt's official news agency reported. REUTERS/Egyptian Presidency/Handout

President Obama spoke to President Morsi today. The President thanked President Morsi for his efforts to achieve a sustainable ceasefire and for his personal leadership in negotiating a ceasefire proposal. President Morsi expressed appreciation for President Obama’s efforts in this regard.

President Obama and President Morsi agreed on the importance of working toward a more durable solution to the situation in Gaza.

President Obama reaffirmed the close partnership between the United States and Egypt, and welcomed President Morsi's commitment to regional security.

-Readout of President Obama's call with Egyptian President Mursi, as distributed by the White House

1. Give permission for Israel to continue with its illegitimate blockade of 1.7 million Gazans that has deliberately kept the entire population of Gaza on subsistence food rations for SIX YEARS whilst all Israeli families have 3 or 4 meals every day?

2. Allow Israel’s 500,000 illegal settlers to stay on their stolen land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem whilst ignoring the judgement of the International Court of Justice and the ICC?

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